''When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.''
Warren Buffett
Not that the management was indeed brilliant, but the second part fits Afghanistan quite nicely. Even smarter guys acting more wisely with more ressources would have had a difficult time to drink for the horse and getting it filled up with good government, democracy, impartial justice and human rights.
The lesson would be to try to avoid smaller and bigger blunders by trying to stay within the circle of competence and leave it only if you are forced to. The security return on the invested capital has been dismal for the US and it's Nato allies, especially during the last ten years.
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